Chapter 356: Recruiting Guanzhong
Zhao Yougong's words are very effective, and at the same time, the people of the Great Song Dynasty, who wants to really fight to the death? Being a soldier is nothing more than wanting to have something to eat and be able to feed his family, especially the soldiers in Fugu, most of these people are from all parts of the Yongxing Military Road, and most of them are homeless people before joining the army, so they don't have much sense of belonging to the imperial court. Now after listening to Zhao Yougong's words, there are very few people who really still have a desperate heart.
Choking, fear will spread, despair will also spread, no need to fight to the death, no one will fight to the death, one person will lay down his weapon, and then there will be ten people and one hundred people, and then this scene continues to spread, Hong Yuanpei can't stop it. Most of these soldiers are Guanzhong children, not like the soldiers and horses of Liangjing and the soldiers and horses of the south, and they do not have much belonging to the so-called imperial court in their hearts. This was the case in the Great Song Dynasty, and it was also the same in later generations, the people thought more about life, they first had a family and then a country, and then the court. The imperial court is not equal to the country, let alone the nation, which is why rebels throughout the ages have always been able to pull up a team, where do ordinary people know what rebellion is? They are not professional soldiers in later generations, they don't know much, they are in the army just to support their families, not to mention that Zhao Yougong's identity is there, he is the son of the King of Chu, the only blood of the first emperor left in the world, who can say clearly about His Royal Highness Zhao and the official family, the people, especially in the Guanzhong area, have been rumored that the current official family has robbed His Royal Highness King Jian of the throne.
Countless soldiers dropped their weapons, and in the end, only a few hundred of Hong Yuanpei's cronies remained, Zhao Yougong had a cold face, Liu Jian had already raised his hand, maybe the next moment he would order to shoot with arrows. Hong Yuanpei was helpless, he had no chance of winning at this time, and waved his hand. shouted to the people behind him. "Lay down your arms. His Royal Highness the King of Jinling is not an ordinary person, and he will never be untrustworthy. ”
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yougong glanced at Liu Kuang, and saw Liu Kuan standing on the side of the mountain, and shouted loudly, "The children of Guanzhong stay and slowly come out from the gap in the north." Commander Hong, now please leave from the south with your own men and horses, and when you go back, tell the official family and Cai Shumi, if you want to destroy my Dingguo army, you can come at any time, what is my Dingguo army afraid of? ”
On the top of the mountain, Zhao Yougong is like a lonely hero, the firelight is reflected on his face, dim, misty, but great. Hong Yuanpei smiled bitterly and nodded. Both he and Cai Shumi were wrong, and they were very wrong. Today's King of Jinling is no longer the king of Yongning County who is mixed in Beijing, he holds the three states in Fuzhong, and he is eyeing the land in the clouds, it turns out that unconsciously, Zhao Yougong has left everyone behind.
On April 27 of the third year of Xuanhe, a news shocked the northwest land again, Ninghua Hong Yuanpei's department was ordered to conquer Fengzhou, but in the Fugu ambush, did not release an arrow, the whole army was captured, tens of thousands of Guanzhong children entered Fengzhou as prisoners, only a few hundred people from Hong Yuanpei's headquarters returned to Taiyuan Mansion. At this point, no one in the northwest can threaten the three prefectures of Fuzhong for the time being, let alone the headquarters of the same state? Do you expect the soldiers and horses of Jingzhao Mansion or Fengxiang Mansion? I heard that thousands of Taihua Mountain soldiers and horses have already stirred up Jingzhao Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion, where else can they draw soldiers and horses to deal with the headquarters of the same state? As for the soldiers and horses of the Qin Feng Road, they did not dare to move, and now the Yongxing Army, the Lu Dingbian Army, the Security Army, and the Suide Army have been transferred to the Left Road Army, and the battle of Liao has suffered heavy casualties, and the heavy responsibility of preventing the Western Xia and the Uighurs is all pressed on the soldiers and horses of Qin Feng Road, how dare they go to conquer Tongzhou again?
In Taiyuan Mansion, Cai You did not blame Hong Yuanpei, the expedition to Fengzhou was a helpless move, more like a gamble on good luck, and it was expected that it could not be done. Looking at Hong Yuanpei, who was worried, Cai You sighed and said, "Can you see His Royal Highness the King of Jinling?" ”
"See?"
"Hmm!"
Cai You frowned, stared at Hong Yuanpei's eyes, and asked softly, "How do you feel?" ”
Hong Yuanpei hesitated, pondered for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Don't dare to deceive Cai Shumi, His Royal Highness is not surprised, his face is dignified, and he is the dragon and phoenix among people, if he doesn't get rid of it as soon as possible, it will become a big disaster." ”
Will it be a big disaster? Cai You smiled, but the smile was extremely bitter, why should he have a big problem in the future, now he is a big trouble to the official family, Cai You has some complaints, why did the official family pay so much attention to face back then, why should they care about what others say? As the king, when the killing is decisive, you can't look forward and backward, the benevolence of the woman, if the official family put aside all the voices at that time and insisted on getting rid of Zhao Yougong, how could there be today's disaster? But you can't blame the official family for it, then Zhao Yougong pretended to be too similar, who could see his true face when he was in the capital? When he forcibly occupied Master Li, many people were still laughing at his stupidity, but when I think about it today, I know how wonderful this trick is.
robbed a woman with the official family, robbed a dusty woman, and everyone knew it, this time the official family had the intention of killing, but he didn't dare to kill openly, the official family cared too much about what others said.
Hey, official, official, you don't pay attention to it when you should pay attention to it, and you are poor and particular when you shouldn't pay attention to it, causing today's disaster, what should you do?
On April 27, Qian Lin, the commander of the Volcano Army, and Qi Wenguang, the envoy of Liaozhou Jiedu, finally returned to Hequ County, where the Volcano Army was stationed, after a long journey. As soon as Qian Lin's men and horses arrived at the camp gate, the young general stepped forward and said, "General Qian, General Qi, under the command of the king of Jinling, Yang Zaixing, the commander of the Dingguo Army, is now waiting in the camp. ”
Hey, Qian Lin and Qi Wenguang's faces changed drastically at the same time, and when they returned to Langu, they heard that His Royal Highness Zhao had captured the three prefectures of Fuzhong, and he had captured tens of thousands of Guanzhong disciples under Hong Yuanpei without spending a single soldier. Qian Lin and Qi Wenguang both knew Zhao Yougong, especially the good old man Qi Wenguang, when the military order was first established, only Qi Wenguang gave advice.
If you come, you will be safe, and apart from the meander, Qian Lin doesn't know where to go, go to Taiyuan Mansion to continue to serve under Cai You and Zhang Jun? At least Qian Lin didn't want to do this, Brother Cheng used his life to let him escape back, it was definitely not for him to continue to serve those mediocre people, Qian Lin thought very clearly, if Cai Shumi and Zhang Tongzhi still wanted to continue to transfer troops to attack the Liao people on the left, he would shirk the heavy casualties of the Volcano Army, and it was not appropriate to fight again. Qian Lin is not afraid. He just didn't want his subordinates to be fearless casualties.
Into the river meandering camp. Zhao Yougong stood at the door. Seeing Qian Qi and the others, he smiled and walked directly to the right side of the door, and when he reached the corner, he turned his head and said crisply, "General Qian, General Qi, this king doesn't want to explain anything, what do you two have to say later." ”
Qian Lin and Qi Wenguang's hearts trembled, and they had been observing Zhao Yougong. After only two glances, they found that the King of Jinling at this time was like a different person, he had become majestic, handsome and extraordinary, and he had a sense of arrogance. It's really a three-day affair that should be impressive. The two were also very puzzled, originally thinking that His Royal Highness Zhao should have a lot to say, such as surrendering, and at the last time, they should also talk about how to not invade each other. Zhao Yougong turned around and walked north, where was the campus of the Volcano Army's big camp. Qian Lin thought about it and raised his heel. He wanted to see what this mysterious Highness Zhao wanted to do.
In the field of the Volcano Military Academy, there was a group of people standing in the black pressure, these people were the tens of thousands of Guanzhong disciples who had been captured from Fugu, at this time, these people all looked at the stage with blank faces, their eyes were full of confusion, they didn't know what to do, and they didn't know what His Highness Zhao would do with them. Before noon, Zhao Yougong, dressed in military uniform, came to the stage, holding the Qin Wang knife and wearing a purple and gold crown, and behind him, there were more than 100 soldiers carrying more than a dozen boxes on the stage.
Looking at the tens of thousands of children on the school field, Zhao Yougong's heart was full of excitement, yes, he just wanted to accept these tens of thousands of children for his own use. These are all sturdy young people, as long as they train according to the normal method for half a year, they can become a good combat force, maybe under Zhang Jun's hands, they were beaten by the Liao people like lost dogs, but in the hands of him Zhao, they can become a howling group of wolves. Moreover, the soldiers and horses in his hands were really insufficient, so he had to try his best to enrich his strength.
"Brothers, some of you know, maybe some of you don't know, this king is Zhao Yougong, the envoy of the Dingguo Army in Tongzhou and the king of Jinling. Today, everyone will gather on the school ground, just because this king has something to ask everyone, tomorrow, this king will lead the Dingguo army to attack Wuzhou City, this is very dangerous, maybe he will take Wuzhou, maybe he will die under Wuzhou City. This king doesn't want to say too much, I want my Guanzhong Erlang, most of them are heroes, the Liao people invaded my land, killed my people, and killed tens of thousands of brothers in our army before, this revenge must be avenged, maybe, some of you just want to escape with your life, but at least this king doesn't think so, Wuzhou City is in the east, even if this king dies, let the Liao people see the strength of my Guanzhong children. The Great Qin has millions of soldiers, and the morale of the Tang Dynasty is like a tiger, and today, how can my children in Guanzhong fall into the prestige of their ancestors? ”
Zhao Yougong's face was ruddy, and his voice was impassioned, "This king will not admit it, so this king is going to fight the first fortress in the northwest, Wuzhou City, but this king will have few soldiers in his hands, so I beg everyone, if any Guanzhong brothers are willing to stay to help this king, this king should be grateful, if he dies, he will die bravely, and he will not be poked in the backbone by his hometown father." Of course, if he refuses to stay, the king will not force it, and if he wants to leave, he will leave his weapons and armor, and the king will allow him a month's military salary. ”
When the words fell, Yang Zaixing waved his hand and said, "Open!" ”
Bang, the soldiers opened more than a dozen boxes, only to see that all the boxes were stacked with strings of copper coins, and at this time, no one doubted Zhao Yougong's words.
Guanzhong is still martial arts, even in the Great Song Dynasty, where the literati are at their peak, Guanzhong still does not change its color, and the concept of the homeland of the people here is also strong, so it can be said that Zhao Yougong's words are very demagogic. Tens of thousands of Guanzhong disciples on the school field exchanged heads and ears, and after a long time, a Guanzhong man took two steps forward and raised his hand, "Your Highness, do you really want to fight Wuzhou City and fight to the death with the Khitan dogs?" ”
"Of course, tomorrow is just around the corner, how can this king deceive everyone?"
Zhao Yougong replied categorically, and the big man raised his neck and shouted, "Your Highness, I won't leave, since I am going to fight the Khitans, then even if I am Xu Dachuan and go to fight Wuzhou, then even if I die, it is better than going back with a nest." ”
Xu Dachuan's words can be said to have broken the minds of most of the children of Guanzhong, if King Zhao Xiaojun wants to recruit troops to fight with the imperial court, then these people are sure to run away, but to fight the Khitans, it is a different scene. As Xu Dachuan stood up, many people shouted and stood beside Xu Dachuan, and they said noisily, "Your Highness, we will also go with you to fight the Khitan barbarians."
For a while, the Hequ school became lively, most of the tens of thousands of children in Guanzhong stayed, and more than 1,000 people who chose to leave, Zhao Yougong also paid their military salaries according to his words.
Qian Lin stood by and saw the end from the beginning, the more he looked at it, the more numb his scalp became, His Royal Highness really wanted to fight Wuzhou City? At the beginning, nearly 100,000 horses on the left road didn't dare to have ideas about Wuzhou City, and His Royal Highness wanted to do something to Wuzhou City? Even with the help of nearly 10,000 new Guanzhong disciples, 20,000 people are still not enough to see compared to Wuzhou's city defense. However, Qian Lin also admired Zhao Yougong's scheming very much, and left these Guanzhong disciples with Wuzhou City, and after the incident, it would not be so easy for these Guanzhong children to leave. This person is afraid of forming a habit, and after getting used to being a soldier in the hands of His Royal Highness Zhao, will he change places lightly? Where to be a soldier is not to be a soldier, why bother to go far? (To be continued......)